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Hey everyone! Firstly, I am going to you a brief background on what is going on in my life. I have been in therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder for a little over a year. The therapist was someone who a family member was mildly acquainted with, and was said to specialize in cognitive-behavioural therapy. Given the fact that my family is funding my therapy, I decided to go along with the therapist of suggestion—despite my feelings of her insignificant practice. After telling her the sorts of things nightmares are made of, I started merely seeing her for the simple fact that I did not want to have to restate my problems with another individual. My therapist had also stated from the very, very beginning that I already seemed to know quite a bit with regard to what she may recommend, and that she could not guarantee life alterations because of this factor. You can imagine how incredibly unproductive my therapy became due to that. Well, after my recent stint at a mental institution, she told me that I had to make my drinking (what landed me in the psychiatric facility) the primary factor of my therapy for months to come. I know damn well how frequently I drink, how frequently I get combative because of it, and that focusing on it three times a week in cognitive-behavioural therapy is something I am completely unwilling to do. I voiced my opinion, she voiced hers, and she stated that if I did not partake in cognitive-behavioural therapy and AA meetings, that she didn't think she could help me. I told her that if she could not help me, this was clearly a fruitless attempt, and I proceeded to ask her if she was giving me an ultimatum. After quite a bit of hesitation, she declared that she thought my stint in the institution was a much bigger problem than I would acknowledge. I told her that it's as clear as day that quite a bit went wrong on my part, but that I wasn't about ready to let it further bother me, or my ability to vent other problems. To make a long story short, we are basically filing for divorce due to irreconcilable differences.
Secondly, I am a fucking basket case. With that said, dropping me from therapy the week I begin school is a fucking heartless move on the part of my current therapist. I need to see someone else soon so that I can carry on and further evolve as a human creature.
Thirdly, (now this is where YOU come in) I have been suffering from bizarre PTSD related conditions that have plagued the realms of my mind for far too long now. I want to move on, but I honestly get flashbacks and obsessive thoughts so acutely, that I feel as though I should explore addressing certain traumatic events in the proper setting. I sometimes feel as though the flashbacks are so severe, that I have little to no mind/body connection. I can't fathom another year of looking at a completely harmless object and having disturbing images flood my head and leave me with tunnel-vision and complete isolation of mind and experience. Although the severity of my PTSD related symptoms has decreased, that still is not saying enough. I want to address this and put it behind me, but I feel as though I have discussed it extensively already. The type of experience I had honestly left me feeling a bit brainwashed (believe you me, if you heard it, you would know why). I feel as though I need to harness these experiences in some sort of alternate level of consciousness in order to release them as perpetually as possible. To me, hypnotherapy sounds as though it would be the best bet. I know the specifics of my trauma, and from what I have gathered, this seems like it could be my holy grail to mental health. With that in mind, I raise the following questions:
What are your experiences with hypnotherapy?
What did you gain? What did you lose? What did you seek hypnotherapy for? Who would you recommend hypnotherapy to (if anyone)?
Any answers and comments are much appreciated.
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Secondly, I am a fucking basket case. With that said, dropping me from therapy the week I begin school is a fucking heartless move on the part of my current therapist. I need to see someone else soon so that I can carry on and further evolve as a human creature.
Thirdly, (now this is where YOU come in) I have been suffering from bizarre PTSD related conditions that have plagued the realms of my mind for far too long now. I want to move on, but I honestly get flashbacks and obsessive thoughts so acutely, that I feel as though I should explore addressing certain traumatic events in the proper setting. I sometimes feel as though the flashbacks are so severe, that I have little to no mind/body connection. I can't fathom another year of looking at a completely harmless object and having disturbing images flood my head and leave me with tunnel-vision and complete isolation of mind and experience. Although the severity of my PTSD related symptoms has decreased, that still is not saying enough. I want to address this and put it behind me, but I feel as though I have discussed it extensively already. The type of experience I had honestly left me feeling a bit brainwashed (believe you me, if you heard it, you would know why). I feel as though I need to harness these experiences in some sort of alternate level of consciousness in order to release them as perpetually as possible. To me, hypnotherapy sounds as though it would be the best bet. I know the specifics of my trauma, and from what I have gathered, this seems like it could be my holy grail to mental health. With that in mind, I raise the following questions:
What are your experiences with hypnotherapy?
What did you gain? What did you lose? What did you seek hypnotherapy for? Who would you recommend hypnotherapy to (if anyone)?
Any answers and comments are much appreciated.
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